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9.3x57
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Off Season .375 Practice...
      #82607 - 18/07/07 03:13 AM



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watto
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Re: Off Season .375 Practice... [Re: 9.3x57]
      #82611 - 18/07/07 08:42 AM

Well that was a half assed shot if ever I saw one.
I bet he never saw that coming.

Good one,

Ian.

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Re: Off Season .375 Practice... [Re: watto]
      #82628 - 19/07/07 12:15 AM

Squirrel hunting is great fun, and using a 375 adds a bit of spice to it!

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9.3x57
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Re: Off Season .375 Practice... [Re: 500grains]
      #82631 - 19/07/07 01:11 AM

Not to mention putting a fairly definitive end to their attempts to destroy my stock pond dikes!!

This miserable rascal is Number 182 for the year...

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mikeh416Rigby
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Re: Off Season .375 Practice... [Re: 9.3x57]
      #82641 - 19/07/07 07:58 AM

I just love little furry doughnuts.

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TNRAT
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Re: Off Season .375 Practice... [Re: 9.3x57]
      #92675 - 26/12/07 02:03 PM

Were these the light loads you were discussing?

Can you tell me more about your left hand rifle?

Thanks for the pics.

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9.3x57
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Re: Off Season .375 Practice... [Re: TNRAT]
      #92676 - 26/12/07 02:13 PM

Quote:

Were these the light loads you were discussing?

Can you tell me more about your left hand rifle?

Thanks for the pics.



TN:

220 grain Hornady FP's at c. 2450 fps.

Rifle is a freshly reblued/refinished c. 1986 SAKO Finnbear left hand with Leupold 4x, EAW QD mounts.

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Re: Off Season .375 Practice... [Re: 9.3x57]
      #92717 - 27/12/07 08:04 AM

Go for head shots , the hind quarters are the only edible parts anyway!!

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Re: Off Season .375 Practice... [Re: SubDoc]
      #92726 - 27/12/07 10:18 AM

9.3
Did you find out what the critter was eating?

Nice Sako. Does it say Finbear on the rifle? I thought the Finbear was on an L61R action and it says Finbear. My 280 Ackley is an L61R Finbear. The later ones said AV or A III etc. & some said Hunter. ????

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9.3x57
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Re: Off Season .375 Practice... [Re: Nakihunter]
      #92736 - 27/12/07 11:27 AM

Subdoc; Centermass aiming only! A head shot is too easy to miss, and I don't want to just annoy one and provoke a charge!!

Naki: Yes, meadow hawkweed and timothy grass. A little red clover, too.

My rifle is marked "AV" {that's the long action}. There were two styles, one the ugly, shiny "Finnbear" like mine and the other that was the same rifle in a slightly less-ugly flat metal, dull oil-finished stock setup called the "Hunter".

Keeping track of the number model sobriquets of a SAKO is a job for a tax accountant.

When I was selling them I remembered them like this:

"Finnbear shiney."

"Hunter dull."

I don't care for the styling of the Finnbear. SAKO went out of their way to make the Finnbear look like a hat rack in a PortauPrince bordello, but that rifle is one I can honestly say I have never had a single problem with. No feed problems, no extraction issues, nothing in somewhere around 2,000 rounds or more. In fact, I lament the demise of the AIII/AV actions, and wish they still existed. My experience with SAKO AIII/AV's is that they are as reliable as a good Mauser 98. It is a long story as to how I came to own this thing, but it is the one rifle I've owned I cannot throw a single rock at and it is the one possession I own that my wife would not let me sell for just about any price.

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Re: Off Season .375 Practice... [Re: 9.3x57]
      #92770 - 28/12/07 02:56 AM

Hey 9.3- I've never shot a squirrel with a .375, but did dust off a few with my 14 bore rifle. Killed 'em too. I've lways said the .375 was powerful enough for small game, if you hit them right, that is. I see you did.

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Bramble
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Re: Off Season .375 Practice... [Re: DarylS]
      #92803 - 28/12/07 11:46 AM

We tried to hit a rabbit with my .450 when we were regulating it, we were laughing so much we couldent have hit a cow :-)

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Re: Off Season .375 Practice... [Re: 9.3x57]
      #92825 - 28/12/07 03:21 PM

Quote:

Not to mention putting a fairly definitive end to their attempts to destroy my stock pond dikes!!

This miserable rascal is Number 182 for the year...



Well done.

Death to the Grey and Brown Furry Hoppers.

182, Great Practice!

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